{"id":4009,"date":"2013-03-19T13:27:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2013-03-19T18:09:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T18:09:42","slug":"aetnas-steve-matters-to-shave-head-for-st-baldricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/aetnas-steve-matters-to-shave-head-for-st-baldricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Aetna&#8217;s Steve Matters to Shave Head for St. Baldricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4017\" alt=\"Steve Matters\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Steve-Matters-184x300.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Steve-Matters-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Steve-Matters.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/>HARTFORD &#8212; Aetna&#8217;s Steve Matters will be going &#8220;under the shears&#8221; to raise money or children&#8217;s cancer research as part of a\u00a0St.\u00a0Baldrick\u2019s fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/\">According to the St. Baldrick&#8217;s website<\/a>, &#8220;In the 1950s, almost all kids diagnosed with cancer died. Because of research, today about 85% of kids with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/types-of-childhood-cancer#all\">most common type<\/a>\u00a0of cancer will live. But for many other types, progress has been limited, and for some kids there is still little hope for a cure.\u00a0St. Baldrick&#8217;s is the home of the head-shaving event. It\u2019s an easy and fun way to raise money for a very serious cause\u2014like a walkathon, but without the blisters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steve writes, &#8220;I will be getting my beautiful hair completely shaved for this event. To donate\u00a0a small amount or learn more about St. Baldrick&#8217;s you can visit and donate on my secure site at:\u00a0<a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/mypage\/603588\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/mypage\/603588\">http:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/mypage\/603588<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARTFORD &#8212; Aetna&#8217;s Steve Matters will be going &#8220;under the shears&#8221; to raise money or children&#8217;s cancer research as part of a\u00a0St.\u00a0Baldrick\u2019s fundraiser. According to the St. Baldrick&#8217;s website, &#8220;In the 1950s, almost all kids diagnosed with cancer died. Because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/aetnas-steve-matters-to-shave-head-for-st-baldricks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,57,6],"tags":[357,457,458],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}